Drain board for wringers



sept. 28,1926. 1,601,487 A A. W. ALTORFER DRAIN BOARD FOR WRINGERS Filed April lO 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INYHTUP.. i Aff@ i Patented Sept. 28', 1926. -V

UNIID STATES Lemans W'. -ALTOBFEB, OF rEOBIAQILLINOIsnssIGNOR 'ro 'ALTOBFER Bnos. con- PANY, OF naar PEORIA, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

DRAIN BOARD FOB WRINGERS.

Application mea April 10, 1924. seriai No'. 705,559."

, This invention has reference to certain new and ouseful lmprovements 1n, drainboards for wringers, being adaptable to swinging as fwell as .the stationary type..

I The invention has for its principal objecty to provide a drain-board, comprising a single unit fulcrumed mediate its ends to the Wringer frame in the same vertical center line with the axes of the wringer rolls and l0 having a substantially .flat surface for the greater portion of its length 'terminating atits opposite ends in downwardly inclined" or provide a .drain-board pivoted mediate its ends and with a substantially flat surface for theu greater portion Ofvits length terminating at its opposite ends ,in downwardly inclined or tapered ends with abrupt dripping ends and with means therebeneath Ifor adecting a rapid drip and to retard the iow of. water back underneath the board.

A further object of the invention is to provide a drain-board forwringers pivoted mediate its ends and'in the provision of locking means disposed Aabove the fulcrum point of the board and. on eachside-thereof to effect a positive lockwhen the board is tilted' in either direction. 1

That the invention may be more fully uliderstood, reference is had tothe accompanying'd'rawings forming a partof the descrip 'l tion, illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention, in which Figure. 1 is aside 'elevation of a' wringer having a drain-board embodying myl invention" l Figure 2 is an end view ofFigure 1, .and

Figurer?, ispa vertical cross-section through" the wringer frame, rolls and drain-board, dotted lines showing the board. f

Like characters of reference denote 1corresponding parts throughout the/figures.'l f i I am not here concerned" whetherv the wringer is of the stationary or swinging type, although .the 'drawings disclose a board while the the reverse position ofl charge side of swinging wringer,dotted lines both showing 55. the standard providing a-mountin for the. wringer and the washing machine rame.

1 esignates a wringer frame-provided preferably, with a pair Vof superimposed -gearless, resiliently mounted wringer rolls 60l 2 and 3. Below'said Tolls and between rthe side supports 4 of said frame is pivotally mounted a drain-'board'the fulcrumJ for the board being mediate its ends, as at 6, to the side supports 4 and preferably in a'ver 65 tical plane intersecting the axes of the-two ,rolls 2 and 3, as shown in Figure 3. The

board 5 comprises preferably, a single unit and being pivoted mediate its ends is adapted`to be tilted, alternatively in opposite di- 70 rections to provide a, drain on either side of and from the wringer rolls, as shown in full ,and dotted lines in Figure 3. I provide means to lock'the-drainboard in its two different tilted positions, ,and such means com- 75 prises the pivoted latch members 7 provided with shoulders 8 adapted to ovverlie and engage theupper edge of a lside rail of said board. These members 7 are preferably pivoted above the fulcrum 6 of the board and 80 to each side thereof and are so suspended by their pivots that they tend to swinginwardly toward the side rail of the board, one

being held away therefrom, as shown in Figure '1 by the upwardly tilted end of the 85 i other swings'toward the. board and overlies the downwardly tilted end ofthe board toY lock the same in such tilted position. By releasing the locking member andl reversing the position of the `9'0 board the other member 7 will act to lock the board in .such position.'

y The board 5, as shown in Figure 3, for the greater portion of its length is provided with the substantially fiat central surface 9,\ter 95 minating at its'opposite endsain the downwardly and' forwardly inclined or tapered surfaces 10, which alternatively, as the tilt-la ed position of he board is changed resents an vapproximately horizontal plane 1n rela-'100 tion to th vertical center line ofthe wringf er rolls, such surfaces providing non-restricted discharge surfaces or shelves at the Adisthe wringer. This is well brought'zout by the full lines in Figure 3, `105 where the arrows to the right illustrate .the movement of materials passed throu h thel rolls and how such aqsurfac'e or she f will l mediate its ends, if not prevent such 'materials turning `back into a` pocket beneath therolls.` Such a condition would arise with a single-unit board pivoted provided with sloping surface ends, and is prevented by the sloping ends of the board which present the approximately horizontal surfaces or shelves `overl which the materials leaving the rolls will pass with a free movement and without danger of being forced back into a pocket underneath the rolls.

rThe ends ofthe board are provided with krather sharp dripping edges 1l and beneath the board adjacent the ends are provided the abrupt angular surfaces 12 which will retard the back liiow of water beneath the' board, and effect a rapid drip of water therefrom,

Aas illustrated in` a diagrammatic way at the left of Figure 3.

What/I claim is :-v i p 1. In combination with a wringer frame, a drain board pivoted at aiixed point medi'- ate its ends below and in vertical alinement with' the wringer rolls, and extending for some distance on each side of the rolls, said board having a substantially flat central surface and having the ends thereof terminatving 'in downwardly inclined surfaces, saidl downwardly inclined surfaces being of substantial length and each adapted upon tilting of the board -to assume an approximately horizontal position so as to provide for free y movement for a distance in a horizontal such articles plane of the articles being wrung prior to engaging with the ends of the board. f i

2. In combination with a wringer frame, a drain board pivoted at a fixed point mediate its ends below and in vertical alinement with the wrin'ger rolls, and extending for some distance on veach side of the rolls, and a pair of pivoted locking members for holding the board in different tilted positions,

each locking member having a downwardly facing shouldered part which receives the pair of pivoted locking members Lfor hold- .o

ing the 4board in dili'erent tilted positions, yeach locking member having a right angular part which whenin operative position extends along the side of theboard and over the top thereof and engages the top face of the board side.

4. In -a 'device of the character described,-

in combination with thewringer frame and rotatable wringer rolls, of a drain-board comprising a vsingle unit pivoted mediate its ends below and in the same vertical center line ,of the rolls and extending some disv tance 011 each-side thereof, 'said board having av substantially flat surface for the greater portion. offits length terminating at its ends-indownwardly inclined surfaces, each i adapted to alternatively assume an approximately horizontal position when the board is tilted, to provide a non-restricted discharge v surface. at the Adischarge side of the wringer rolls, the ends f the board presenting sharp dripping edges and adjacent said ends sdripping surfaces. i

5. A drain-board for wringers, comprising a, single unit arranged to be pivotally supported at a point mediate its ends, and having a substantially fiat surface for the greater portion of its lengthterminating in downwardly and forwardly inclined surfaces at its opposite ends, the ends of said inclinedv surfaces presenting sharp dripping edges and provided with surfaces therebeneath. l Y

In Iwitness whereof, Iphave hereunto affixed my hand this 8th day of April, 1924.

ALPHEUS kW. ALTQRFER.

provided with angular angular dripping 

